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N. R. HAYWARD.

DETAOHABLE BUTTON COVER.

N0. 580,688. Patent-ed Apr. 18, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

NORTZELL RICHARD IIAYIVARD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DETACHABLE BUTTON-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,688, dated April 13, 1897.

Application filed December 7, 1896- Serial No. 614,797. (No model.) Patented in England January 3, 1894 N 155,

To all whorlt it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORTZELL RICHARD HAYWARD, button manufacturer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 50 Long Acre, London, W. 0., England, have invented an Improved Detachable Button- Oover, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, dated January 3, 1894, No. 155,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to detachable buttoncovers which are used for temporary and other purposes, such as at an evening dinner; party, or an entertainment or the like and the object of my invention is to improve the method of applying the same.

The cover for the button is stamped or otherwise manufactured preferably of metal, the edge being turned backward and inward so as to form an internal groove or recess to receive a small coil of spring-wire extending partly or entirely round the internal groove. One end of the same wire is carried partly across the diameter of the button-cover, a bend being preferably made therein to enable the wire to escape the stitching by which the button is attached to the garment. One part of the wire is thus held permanently in the groove of the button-cover, while the other end of the wire is free and capable of being placed across the back of the button, whereby the cover is securely held in position.

In order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a back view. Fig. 2 is a back view, partly in section; and .Fig. 3 is a sectional side view illustrating the method of application to an ordinary button.

a is the cover, which is bent or turned backward and inward, as shown, to form an internal groove, in which the coil of spring-wire b is fitted.

The wire is preferably formed with a bend or loop (3 in order to receive the stitches by which the button (Z is usually secured to the garment.

In Fig. 3 the cover is shown in position, the method of application being as follows: The button d is inserted under the free end of the spring-wire 1) until the bend c incloses the stitches. The button is then free to take the position illustrated, the spring-wire crossing the back of the button and forcing the button into the groove of the button-cover, thereby securing the same in position.

The button-cover may be formed plain or ornamented and maybe stamped with a crest, initial, club monogram, and other suitable inscription, as required.

In some cases I may dispense with the coiled part of the wire and fix one end of the free part to the cover; also, I may form the wire with two or more coils, but these modifications are not so satisfactory as that described and illustrated.

A detachable button-cover formed with an internal groove in which a coil or coils of spring-wire is or are fitted, one end of the said wire being free and extending partly across the diameter of the button-cover, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.

Dated the 27th day of November, 1896.

NOR'IZEIJL RICHARD HAYWARD.

IVitn esses:

GEORGE O. DowNINo, FRED O. HARRIS. 

